The gender gap has inverted by class: after starting with working‑class women, it is now driven by college‑educated women who provide the party’s leadership, votes, and donor base. Feminist‑inflected priorities have reshaped what it means to be a Democrat while coinciding with working‑class erosion and a measurable male backlash in 2024.
— This reframes electoral strategy and policy priorities by showing that Democratic competitiveness increasingly rests on a specific, educated female cohort rather than a broad female vote.
John B. Judis
2025.08.20
100% relevant
Judis cites ANES/Gallup data showing a persistent double‑digit gender gap since 2012, notes two of the last three Democratic nominees were women, and attributes 2024 patterns to college‑educated women’s dominance and male backlash.
Lionel Page
2025.06.12
70% relevant
The article’s coalition thesis—shrinking working‑class heft plus an ideological crisis nudging left parties toward the professional classes—helps explain why college‑educated women now form the Democratic core and why value priorities shifted away from bread‑and‑butter economics.
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